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THE TROPICAL AQRIOULTURIST. 
[February i, iSgzJ 
MARKET RATES FOR OLD AND NEW PRODUCTS. 
< From S. Ficiqis d- Co.'s Fortnightly Price Current, London, December 17th, 1891. J 
TiAST INDIA. 
Bombay, Ceylon, Madras 
Coast and Zanzibar. 
AT-OES, Socotrino ... 
Zanzibar & Hepatic 
BAKK,CINCHONA Crown 
Sea. 
BEES' WAX, E.I., ¥/hite 
Yellow . 
Mauritius & Madagascar. 
CARDAMOMS— 
AUepee ,.. 
Mangalore ... 
Malabar 
Ceylon . Malabar sort 
AUeppee and 
Mysjre sort 
Lonff wild Ceylon... 
CASTOR OIL, ists 
2nds 
3rds 
CHILLIES, Zanzibar 
CINNAMON, Ists 
2nds 
3r Is 
4ths 
Chics 
CLOVES, Zanzibar 
and Pemba. 
STEMS 
COCULUS INDICUS 
COFJiEE 
QUALITY 
Good and tine dry 
Common and good 
Renewed ... 
Medium to fine Quill ... 
.Spoke shavings 
Branch 
Renewed 
Medium to good Quill... 
Spoke shavings 
Branch ... 
Twig 
Good to fine 
Fair to good 
Fair to fine clippecl 
Bold, bright, fairto fine.. 
Goodto finepiump,cl.iped 
Fairto g iod bold bleached 
,, medium ,, 
,, small 
Small to bold brown ... 
Fair to fine bold 
,, medium 
,, small 
Common to good 
White 
Fair and good pale 
Brown and brownish ... 
Fair to tine bright 
Ord'y. and middling 
Ord'y. to fine pale quill... 
IQUOTATIONS 
|£3 a £.0 103 
ns a £-5 
3a a 8d 
id a 7d 
2d a 4d 
1 ' a 21 
2d a 7d 
4d a 6d 
^d a 3d 
Ida 2d 
Id a IJd 
£6 10s a £8 
£6 a £7 
£5 6s a £6 OS 
COLOMBO ROOT 
CPOTON SEEDS, sifted., 
CITTCH 
DRAGONS BLOOD. Zan 
GALLS, Bussorah& Turkey 
GINGER, Cochin, Cut .. 
Rough.. 
Bengal, Rough 
GUM AMMONIACUM .. 
ANIMI, washed ... 
scraped., 
ARABIC E.I. & Aden . 
Gliatti ... 
Amrad cha 
Madras 
ASSAEOSTIUA 
KINO 
M\RRH, picked 
Aden sort.'- 
OLIBANUM, drop... 
lickings... 
sittings ... 
[NDIAUUJilUCH ... 
Eabt African Ports, Zanzi- 
bar and MozambiijuoCoast 
Assiim , 
Rangoon 
Mad.-iKiiHcar, 'J'uraatavo, j 
.Vliijiijiga and NOBsiljo ) 
ISINGLASS or \ ,p,„ „,„ 
nsn MAWS r '^""KUO. 
Bladder Tipo,, 
I'lU-rtO 
Is a 2s 6d 
Is 6d a 33 4d 
!s a 23 6d 
2s 4d a 3S 
Is 6d a 2s 2d 
Is 1 Is 6d 
Is a Is lid 
2s 2d a 33 31 
la 6d a Is lOd 
Is a Is 4d 
6d a 2s 
id a 4id 
2fd a 2^d 
•2i ' a 2id 
50j a 57s 6d 
403 a 483 
6|d a Is 3d 
Cjd a Is 
6|d a lid 
ad a lOd 
2id a rd 
3 S-lGd » Sfd 
3d a-3ld 
Id a 1^ 
lis a lis 6d 
103s a 105s Hd 
98s a 102a 
22s 6d a SOs 
Itis a 20s 
15s a 203 
24s a 32s Cd 
503 a 90s 
B5s a 70s 
5.TS a 60s 
903 a 95s 
55s a 65s 
5s a 55s 
353 a 40s 
30s a 32 J 
503 a lOOs 
£11 a £12 103 
£10 a £11 
£5 a £7 10s 
£9 a £10 10s 
£6 10s a £10 
Fair to iine plant 
Fnir to fine bright 
Common dull and mixed 
Common to good 
Fair sifted 
Mid. Plantation CeyJou 
Low Middling „ 
Good to fine bright sound 
Ordinarj& middling 
Fair to fine fresh 
Fair to fine dry 
Ordinary to goo dMp ... 
Fair to line dark tiiuc^ ... 
Good white and green ... 
Good to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Fair to fine bold 
Small and medium 
Fair to good 
Blocky to iine clean 
Picked fine jiale in sorts, 
Part yellow & mixed do. 
Beau & Pea size ditto ... 
Amber and red bold ... 
Medium & bold sorts 
Good to fine pale frosfced 
ifteU 60s a 803 
Sorts, dull red to fair ... 35s a 55s 
Good to tine pale selected 453 a 553 
Sorts middling to good... 25s a 3o3 
Good and fine pale ... 65s a 9as 
Reddisii to pale brown ... 25s a 50s 
Dark to tine pale ... 153 a 60s 
Fair to line pinky block 
and drop SOs a 803 
Ordinarj sto ly to midliug 15s a 253 
Fair to line bright ... liOs a 653 
Fair to fine pale ... £4 a £7 
Middling to good ... 7O3 a 8O3 
Fair to fine white ... 35s a 6O3 
Reddish to m ddling ... 223 6d a 83s 6d 
Middling (ogiod pale ...lias a I83 
Siiglitly I'oul lofine ... 10s a 153 
Red hard clean ball ... Is lOd a 23 Id 
Wliitc suiiisli ditto ... isVd a Is Ud 
i;nripe root llOd a Is 4d 
Liver lis 2d a Is 8d 
Sausage, fair to fine ... Is 8rt a Islod 
Good 10 fine ... Is Gd a 23 
Common foul & middling 9d a Is 5d 
Fairto good clean ... i»7d a Is lOd 
Goodtoliiiepmky&wliite Is 8d a Is lid 
iFair to good black ... Is 6d a I1 lOd 
( good to fine pale ...lis lud a 23 
(dark to fair ...lis a Is 6d 
Cieau tliin to fine bold... Is 6d a 33 6d 
Dark mixed to fine pale 81I a Is dd 
Common to good imlc ,„!ifjS'l n 33 Sil 
EAST INDI-V Continued 
Aast Coast Africa. Mala- 
bar and Madras Coast, 
INDIGO, Bengal 
Kurpah , 
Madras (Dry Leaf) 
IVORY-Elephants' Teeth 
65 lb. c& upwards 
over 20 & under 60 lb 
40 a 100 lb. 
Scrivellocs 
Billiard Ball Pieces'iia 3i'i'ii 
Bagatelle Points 
Cut Points for Balls 
Mixed Points & Tips... 
Cut Hollows 
Sea Horse Teeth— 
f a 4J lb. 
VIYRABOLANES, Bombay 
Madras, Upper Godavery 
Coast 
Pickings 
MACE, Bombay ... 
NUTMEGS, 
NUX 1 Cochin, Madras 
VOMICA i and Booib-iy 
OIL, CINNAMON 
CITRONELLE 
LEMONGRASS 
ORCHELLA I ^'^3''° 
WEED j 
PEPPER— 
Malabar, Black sifted ., 
AUeppee & Tellicherry 
Tellicherry, White 
PLUMBAGO, Lump 
Chips 
Dust 
RED WOOD 
SAFFLOWER, Bengal 
UUALITY, 
Middling to fine violet 
Oriiinary to middling 
Fairto good reddish violt 
Or 'in^ry and middling-. 
Middling to good 
Low to ordinary 
Soft sound 
Hard '„' ',\ 
Soft ,, 
Hard ,, 
Sound 
Sli def. to fine sound ... 
Shaky 10 line solid sd... 
Defective, part hard 
Thin to thick sli, def to 
sound ... 
Crvd.erkd & close strght 
Bhimlies I, good & fine 
pale 
II, fair picking: 
Jubbleporel, good & fine 
pale 
,, II, fair re- 
jections 
Vingorlas, good and fine 
Good to fine picked 
Common to middling ... 
Fair ... 
Burnt and defective ... 
Dark to good bold pale... 
W'd com. darkto line bold 
65's a 80'3 
83'3 a ISO's ... 
( Fair to fine bold fresh 
( Small ordinary and fair 
Fair to fine heavy 
Bright & good flavour.. 
\ Zanzibar 
' Mozambique 
..[Mid. to fine, not woodj 
.. Picked clean flat leaf ... 
wiry 
QUOTATIONS 
SALTPETRE, Bengal .. 
SANDAL AVOOD, Logs . 
>• Chips. 
SAPAN WOOD 
EEDLAC 
•sENNA, Tinnevelly 
Bombay 
SHELLS, M.-o'-P. 
large 
medium stout 
chicken part stout 
oy.-.ter part thin 
Mussel 
Lingah Ceylon 
TAMARINDS 
TORTOISESHELL 
Zansiibar and Bombay 
rCRMERlC,Bengal 
Madras 
Fair to bold heavy.,."! 
good / 
Fair to fine brigl't bold 
Middling to good small... 
Sli'tly fuul to fine bright 
Ordinary to fine bright... 
Fair and fine bold 
Goodtofinepinkynominal 
Ordinary to fair 
Inferior and pickings ... 
Ordinary to good 
Fair to fine flavour ... 
Inferior to fine 
Lean to good bold 
Ordinary to fine bright 
Good to fine bold green.. 
Medium to bold green.. 
Small and " edium green 
Common dark and small 
0> dinar v to good 
Egyptian— med. to large 
medium ysxvi st ut' 
oysier and chicken 
BojiBAY — fine tnick ... 
bright fairly clean 
Is a 5s 2d 
3s a 3d lOd 
33 2d a 3s 6d 
2s a 3s 
23 8d a 3s 
Is 8d a 2s 4d 
£65 a £71 10s | 
£.52 a £66 10s 
£45 a £57 
£25 a £41 
£23 a £34 
£"5 a £91 
£6210sa£7810i 
£52 a £67 
£40 a £53 
£29 a £56 
Is a 33 9d 
lis 3d a 1.39 
73 6d a 9s 
10s a 123 
3 6d a 8s 6d 
9s 33 a 10s9d. 
10s 6d a lis 3d 
7s 3d a 8s 9d 
lOs a lOs 6d 
2s a 33 2d 
6(1 a la 
23 Ud a 33 Id 
.is 4d a 2s lOd 
lOs a Us 
63 a 83 6d 
Is a 23 6d 
fd a |d 
lid a 1-Jd 
20s a 25s 
lOs a 20s 
25s a 35s 
4d 
Is a Is Id 
15s a 22s 
Us a 143 
9s a 123 
4s 6d a 83 
£3 a £3 IDs 
6O3 a SOs 
405 a 553 
20s a 303 
16s 6d a 17s 
£35 a £60 
£9 a £30 
£4 a £7 
503 a 90s 
8d a Is 2d 
5d a 7d 
2id a 4d 
Id a 2d 
Id a 2d 
92s 6d a 95s 
Oas a 105s 
8')s a 95s 
Ob a IQils 
10 s6da USsBd' 
753 a 923 6d 
6 s 6d a 72s 6d 
Cochin 
VANILLOES, 
Bourbon, 
Mauritius, 
Seychelles, 
bold sorts 50s a 62s 6.1 
small and m'=dium sorts 403 a 48s 
Thin and good s out sorts 43 a Us 
Mid. to fine blk notstony lOs a 12s 
Stony and inferior ... 6s a 83 
Si nsgoosmo ilepatheavy I'Ss 8d a 203 
Pickings thin to heavy 9s a 14s Od 
Leanish to line plump' 
finger ... . il7s a 193 
Fin. fairto line boldbrgt 24s a SOs 
Mixed middling 20s a 24s 
Bulbs ... 10s a 12s 
Finger ... 133 a lis 
Ists ... 
MaddKnuoftr, 
Fine, cryst'ed 5 to 0 in. 8s a I83 
2nd3...lFoxy & reddish 5 to 8 in, 73 a 12s 6d 
3rds...|Lcan & dry to mid, un-l 
der 6 in. ... 4s a Ts 
4the,„ Low, foxy, inferior and 
I pickiDgs 183 a Ss 
